Recent Publications
Dr. Stephen L. Skinner
Refereed Journal Articles (2005 - present)
Skinner, S.L., Zhekov, S.A., Guedel, M., Schmutz, W., and Sokal, K.R., 2012,
AJ, submitted.
New X-ray Detections of WNL Stars
Skinner, S.L., Audard, M., and Guedel, M., 2011,
ApJ, 737, 19.
Chandra Evidence for Extended X-ray Structure in RY Tau
Zhekov, S.A., Gagne, M., and Skinner, S.L., 2011,
ApJL, 727L, 17.
XMM-Newton Observations Reveal Very High X-ray Luminosity
from the Carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet Star WR 48a
Skinner, S.L., Guedel, M., Briggs, K.R., and Lamzin, S.A., 2010,
ApJ, 722, 1654.
Chandra Reveals Variable Multi-Component
X-ray Emission from FU Orionis
Sokal, K.R., Skinner, S.L., Zhekov, S.A., Guedel, M., and Schmutz, W., 2010,
ApJ, 715, 1327.
Chandra Detects the Rare Oxygen-Type
Wolf-Rayet WR 142 and OB Stars in Berkeley 87
Audard, M., Stringfellow, G.S., Guedel, M., Skinner, S.L.,
Walter, F.M., Guinan, E.F., Hamilton, R.T., Briggs, K.R.,
and Baldovin-Saavedra, C., 2010, A&A, 511, 63.
A Multi-Wavelength Study of the Young Star V1118 Orionis
in Outburst
Skinner, S.L., Zhekov, S.A., Guedel, M., Schmutz, W., and Sokal, K.R., 2009,
AJ, 139, 825.
X-ray Emission from Nitrogen-Type
Wolf-Rayet Stars
Skinner, S.L., Sokal, K.R., Megeath, S.T., Guedel, M.,
Audard, M., Flaherty, K.M., Meyer, M.R., and Damineli, A.., 2009,
ApJ, 701, 710.
Chandra and Spitzer Imaging of the Infrared Cluster
in NGC 2071
Skinner, S.L., Sokal, K.R., Guedel, M., and Briggs, K.R., 2009,
ApJ, 696, 766.
X-ray Emission from the FU Orionis
Star V1735 Cygni
Skinner, S.L., Sokal, K.R., Cohen, D.H., Gagne, M.,
Owocki, S.P., and Townsend, R.D., 2008, ApJ, 683, 796
High-Resolution Chandra X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy of the
Sigma Orionis Cluster
Guedel, M., Briggs, K.R., Montmerle, T., Audard, M., Rebull, L.,
and Skinner, S.L., 2008, Science, 319, 309
Million-Degree Plasma Pervading the Extended Orion Nebula
Guedel, M., Skinner, S.L., Audard, M., Briggs, K.R., and
Cabrit, S., 2008, A&A, 478, 797
Discovery of a Bipolar X-ray Jet from the T Tauri Star DG Tau
Skinner, S.L., Zhekov, S.A., Guedel, M., and Schmutz, W., 2007,
MNRAS, 378, 1491
XMM-Newton Observations of the Wolf-Rayet Binary System WR 147
Guedel, M., Skinner, S.L., Melnikov., S.Y., Audard, M.,
Telleschi, A., and Briggs, K.R., 2007, A&A, 468, 529
X-rays from T Tauri: A Test Case for Accreting T Tauri Stars
Skinner, S.L., Simmons, A.E., Audard, M., and Guedel, M., 2006,
ApJ, 658, 1144
Hard X-rays and Fluorescent Iron Emission from the Embedded Infrared
Cluster in NGC 2071
Skinner, S.L., Briggs, K.R., and Guedel, M., 2006,
ApJ, 643, 995
The Unusual X-ray Spectrum of FU Orionis
Skinner, S.L., Simmons, A.E., Zhekov, S.A., Teodoro, M.,
Damineli, A., and Palla, F., 2006,
ApJ, 639, L35
A Rich Population of X-ray Emitting Wolf-Rayet Stars in the
Galactic Starburst Cluster Westerlund 1
Skinner, S.L., Perna, R., and Zhekov, S.A., 2006,
ApJ, 653, 587
The Chandra X-ray Spectrum of the 10.6s Pulsar in Westerlund 1:
Testing the Magnetar Hypothesis
Skinner, S.L., Zhekov, S.A., Palla, F., Barbosa, C., 2005,
MNRAS, 361, 191
Chandra X-ray Observations of the Young Stellar Cluster NGC 6193
in the Ara OB1 Association
Recent Conference Presentations
Skinner, S.L., Guedel, M., Schmutz, W., and Zhekov, S.,
2011, BAAS, 43 (nr. 338.19), presented at:
American Astronomical Society 217th Meeting
(Seattle, WA 9-12 Jan. 2011)
New X-ray Detections of Late Nitrogen-type (WNL) Wolf-Rayet Stars
Skinner, S., Sokal, K., Guedel, M., and Zhekov, S., 2010,
in Proceed. Great Barriers in High Mass Star Formation, presented at:
Great Barriers in High Mass Star Formation
(Townsville, Australia 13 -17 Sept. 2010)
High-Mass Star Formation in Cygnus: Berkeley 87 and the
Onsala 2 Region
Sokal, K.R., Skinner, S.L., Zhekov, S.A., and Guedel, M.,
2010, BAAS, 43 (nr. 421.02),
presented at:
American Astronomical Society 216th Meeting
(Miami, FL 23 - 26 May 2010)
Chandra X-ray Observations of the Onsala 2 (ON 2)
Star-Forming Region
Skinner, S.L., 2010, BAAS, 41, 684 (nr. 17.10),
presented at:
AAS High-Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) 11th Meeting
(Kona, HI 1 - 4 March 2010)
A Survey of X-ray Emission from Wolf-Rayet Stars
Skinner, S.L., Sokal, K.R., Zhekov, S.A., Guedel, M., and
Schmutz, W., 2010, BAAS, 42, 567 (nr. 478.11),
presented at:
American Astronomical Society 215th Meeting
(Washington, D.C. 3 - 7 Jan. 2010)
Chandra X-ray Observations of the Young Stellar Cluster Berkeley 87
and its Oxygen-Type Wolf-Rayet Star WR 142
Sokal, K.R., Skinner, S., Audard, M., Guedel, M., Meyer, M.,
Flaherty, K., and Damineli, A., 2009, BAAS, 41, 321
(nr. 442.15),
presented at:
American Astronomical Society 213th Meeting
(Long Beach, CA 5 - 8 Jan. 2009)
The X-ray Population in the Infrared Cluster in NGC 2071 as
Observed by Chandra
Skinner, S.L., Sokal, K.R., Guedel, M., and Briggs, K.R.
2008, presented at:
New Light on Young Stars: Spitzer's View of Circumstellar Disks
(Pasadena, CA 26 - 30 Oct. 2008)
X-ray and Infrared Observations of the IC 5146 Dark Cloud and
the FU Orionis Star Elias 1-12
Skinner, S.L., Zhekov, S.A., Guedel, M., Schmutz, W., and Sokal, K.R.,
2008, presented at:
Hot Massive Stars: A Lifetime of Influence (Lowell Observatory,
Flagstaff, AZ 12 - 15 Oct. 2008)
X-ray Emission from Wolf-Rayet Stars
Sokal, K.R. and Skinner, S.L., 2007, American Astronomical Society Meeting
Abstracts (211th AAS Meeting, Austin, TX), 211, 58.40
The Chandra
ACIS X-ray View of Young Stars in the Sigma Orionis Cluster
Skinner, S.L., Briggs, K.R., Guedel, M., and Sokal, K.R., 2007, American
Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts (211th AAS Meeting, Austin, TX), 211, 62.27
X-ray
Emission from Accreting FU Orionis Stars
Skinner, S., Sokal, K., Damineli, A., Palla, F., and
Zhekov, S., 2007,
in Proceed. Star Disk Interaction
in Young Stars , IAU Symp. 243, Grenoble, France,
eds. J. Bouvier & I. Appenzeller (Cambridge U. Press).
Spitzer Observations of the Young Stellar Cluster NGC 6193
in the Ara OB1 Association
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